- 賃金 — wages / pay
- 家賃 — house rent
- 運賃 — (transport) fare
- 工賃 — labor charge / wage
- 無賃 — free of charge / unpaid
- 労賃 — labor wages
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賃 combines the value/money radical 貝 with the phonetic component 任, yielding the on-yomi チン. The core sense is a payment in exchange for work, use, or transport—wages, rent, and fares.
賃金が 上がりました。
Wages have gone up.
家賃を 毎月 払っています。
I pay the rent every month.